32.
ACT THREE
INT. WHITE HOUSE - KITCHEN - AFTERNOON Brown shipping tape gets pulled off its roll with a SKRRECK! skyler seals a cardboard box, readies it for the post office. The kitchen table is stacked with bubble wrap and boxes. Marie helps pack. She holds up an item. MARIE What the hell is this? SKYLER
Damned if I know. I described it as a "mid-century objet d'art." MARIE And somebody bought it? SKYLER Some guy in Minneapolis. Fourteen dollars plus shipping and I got it at a yard sale for eighty cents. God, I love eBay. Marie shakes her head, bubble-wraps the objet. MARIE At this rate, in fifty or sixty years you'll be rich.
That's the dynamic -- Marie is constantly yitzing her older sister. Sometimes, she's not even aware she's doing it. She's just naturally negative. And competitive. MARIE What's up with Walt lately? SKYLER He's fine. What do you mean? MARIE He just seems ••• I don't know. Quieter than usual. Skyler thinks about it, shrugs. SKYLER
Turning forty was a big deal. I know I'm not looking forward to it. (smirk) You -- are gonna be a basket-case.
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